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a 20-year-old in Houston, an 18-year-old in Saratoga Springs, New York, and a 16-year-old in Los Angeles.

The term has become a metaphor for taking foolhardy risks, and its usage steadily increased in reportage of diplomacy, politics, economics, medicine, and sports.

Origin

An early example of Russian roulette can be found in the short story "The Fatalist" within the 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time written by Russian poet

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